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LOT 3718
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 319-320. London mint.
1st officina. IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, spear across shoulder / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, Victories facing each other, holding shield inscribed VOT PR set on altar decorated with star in wreath; PLN in exergue. RIC VII 168; C&T 9.01.020. Good Very Fine.(2.63gr, 21mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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